Laurence Sulivan PC (1783–1866) was a British statesman and philanthropist, Deputy Secretary at War. He was the grandson of Laurence Sulivan MP, chairman of the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

. He was the Deputy Secretary at War. He endowed the "Elizabethan Ragged School" (now the

Castle Club The Castle Club is a Grade II listed former school at Broomhouse Lane, Fulham, London. It was built in 1855 in the Gothic Revival style, and the architect was Horace Francis. It was formerly the Eight Feathers Club, and was originally a school. ...

), Broomhouse Lane,

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

, London, named in honour of his wife Elizabeth, the younger sister of the Prime Minister Lord Palmerston. It later became a school for tubercular children run by the LCC and then a youth club.

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1783 births 1866 deaths Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{England-politician-stub